Via The Leadership Conference on Civl and Human Rights. We’ve joined the airwaves to help spark conversation and activism on some of the most critical issues of today. From the courts to immigration, we’re seeing unprecedented attacks on the values we hold near and dear. At Pod for the Cause, we’re going to tackle these … Read More
Via The New York Times. How Facebook Is Undermining ‘Black Lives Matter’ Hosted by Michael Barbaro; produced by Eric Krupke, Michael Simon Johnson, Austin Mitchell and Annie Brown; with help from Asthaa Chaturvedi; and edited by Wendy Dorr and Lisa Tobin The company publicly supports the racial justice movement. But content on the platform may … Read More
Via DoSomething.org. HOW WHITE PEOPLE CAN TALK TO EACH OTHER ABOUT DISRUPTING RACISM A guide to starting anti-racist conversations with friends and family. By Maddy Allison Want to help us be better allies? If you have any questions about this guide or thoughts on how to improve it, email us at antiracistalliance@dosomething.org. Recently, it has been … Read More
Via Business Insider. Companies like Netflix, McDonald’s, and Target are speaking out amid the George Floyd protests — and some are actually taking action Protests erupted across the US after the death of George Floyd, the 46-year-old Black man who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and now … Read More
Via Medium. An Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant with White Supremacy By Nana Chinara CC: Gina Gibney, Gibney Dance When a Black femme confronts you for actively promoting and wielding white supremacy culture, you listen and course correct. Instead, I was met with a stay-in-your-place defensive response. White violence always begins with lack of … Read More
Via The Conversation. The Racist Roots of American Policing: From Slave Patrols to Traffic Stops Outrage over racial profiling and the killing of African Americans by police officers and vigilantes in recent years helped give rise to the Black Lives Matter movement. But tensions between the police and black communities are nothing new. There are many precedents to the Ferguson, Missouri protests that … Read More
